Belinda Kirby owned Dimmitt Ready Mix with Dean Kirby, who asked Ricki Dale Wilcox to come to the company to work. Wilcox agreed.

In order to avoid reporting his wages to the Social Security Administration — and losing his disability benefits — Wilcox asked Belinda Kirby to have his wages paid to his wife, Vada Wilcox. She also faces a charge of theft from the government, aiding and abetting.

Between April 2010 and October 2012, Ricki Dale Wilcox knew he was not disabled and wasn’t eligible to receive government assistance, court records show. During the same period, he received $42,200 in illegal Social Security payments, court records show. Between January and October 2012, the Social Security Administration also paid Ricki Dale Wilcox $999 in supplemental monthly income payments.

In her plea bargain agreement, Belinda Kirby said she knew Ricki Dale Wilcox was receiving Social Security disability payments and that she agreed to have the checks made payable to his wife, Vada Wilcox.